The administration department of Manchester-based personal injury law firm Fox Cranford is a gathering place for school-leavers, no-hopers and general misfits - and if they monkey around till lunch, its guerrilla warfare in the office till dinner.

Straight out of school, and into a job they don't want, Darrel, Kenny, Asif, Shelley and Tania are going nowhere fast. Looked down on by the solicitors they work for, they face constant criticism by their power hungry supervisor Gloria Stevens.

Bored senseless for eight hours a day, the post room gang fill their time fighting, flirting, winding each other up and generally causing mayhem whilst dodging disciplinary action and the occasional irate client. Their adventures also include an office sleepover, ghosts, tramps and a serious case of fatal attraction!

Mike Cranford is the firm's owner. As far as Gloria is concerned, he is the glamour and power of the law courts personified. As Gloria strives to be recognised and rewarded for her role in the company she is continually let down by her team of teenage wasters... and through her own lack of professionalism. Meanwhile, hotshot solicitor Charlie is Tania's misguided romantic interest and lovelorn Kenny's nemesis.

Our Review: This pilot had a nice idea behind it and a talented young cast, but it neither pleased the critics nor many of the viewers. The BBC had faith however, and commissioned a full run.

With a more talented set of names behind the fulll series - such as Matt Lipsey, director of Psychoville - the series held more promise, but certainly did not realise it. The general reception was, again, luke-warm at best.

We felt that the show did have some funny stuff in it, but just didn't gel. It seemed unable to decide if it was a serious, closed-set sitcom (such as The Office or Peep Show), or a big, silly, studio-audience show more like The IT Crowd.

Somewhat surprisingly, the BBC has decided to commission a second series. We still think that the basic premise of the show is a good one, but based on the episodes broadcast to date, we couldn't really say we are exactly looking forward to Series 2.